Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-07-28

The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The republican county convention met
at the Court House Tuesday, 26th in
slant, was called to order by Mr.. Jno.
\. Graves, chairman republican GEN.
trail committee, and organized by elec.
ting the same gentleman president
pro. ten. and F. A. Moran, secretary
augustus Brown was chosen vice
president and W. Il. Clarke assistant
secretary. The committee on creden-
tials was composed of the following
gentlemen lst district, J. l.. Mil
burn; md do. J. II. Whalen: 3rd do.
+. B Abell; 18th do. J. W. Yates. 9TH
10. J. II. Handy; 9th do. G. Brown;
7th do. w. l.. Clarke; Sth do. p. w.
Thompson; 9th do. no representation.
The committee, after considerable
delay, reported the temporary officers
as permanent and the following dele
gates entitled to seats in the conven-
ION
lst di>trict-John Cajay, J 4 Tcnnison.
John Lewis Milburn, Saml Carroll, Igns
Smallw"od, Lafayette Langley, Ign But
Ter, COLUMBUS Bennett, Richard Medley,
George Blackstone.
VI Lawrence, ! b. Davis, " RI Williams.
James Sutcr, Joseph Barnes, Geo Thomp-
ton, x !. Watts, Jno Garner
3rd di>trict-EnOCh Il Abel. WmJ Wa
then, VIM r YATES, Thomas FoNwcll, Wm
+ Hall. III Rccdcr, Alfred Carberry, Wash
Barnes. john Carter, Joshua Thompson.
ith district Walter Yates, Geo Livcrs.
+ Wheeler, { has Mason, Robt Young, Thos
Mills, Stephen loung, John Butler, J
Wheeler, O Platter
9TH district-Frcd \. Moran, John +.
Rcintzell, Jas II Handy, Daniel Goats, Pc
ter Cup>cy, Goo l. Butler, Stephen Holly.
Gc" Washington, Jas Dyson, Frank Curtis.
9Th district-Jno \ Graves, ID W Jones,
) Jones, Jordan Bundy, John l. Thomas.
Gu>tavr> Brown, lgnS Sewcll, Ign Rustin,
Wallace Lee.
9TH di>frict-D + Woodland, w l. Clark,
J IL Bond, G Mack, G W Dickerson, J p
Dckcrson, ID Jamison, l. Maddox, Philip
JamiSOn.
Sth di>trict-C r Purccl. W F Ford, Jas
hlrby, } l. Pegg, J II Dorsey, IL Butler.
I " Thompson, ) Thomas, G A Thomas,
y Gou-h.
On motion of John L. Milburn, it
required a majority of votes cast to
secure an election to the Baltimore re.
publican convention. The names of
Messrs. J. B. Davis, J. Q. Jones, Ing.
Rustin, J. II. Brown, J. L. Jones and
F \. Holmes were placed before the
convention. Messrs. Rustin, Jno. L.
Jones and Holmes withdrew. Messrs.
J. .. Jones, Davis and Brown were
then elected by acclamation. Messrs.
Rustin, Holmes and Handy were sim.
ilarly elected as alternates.
The nomination OF candidates for
the Legislature was next in order.
Messrs. Washington Wilkinson, D. Z.
Graves, and Jno. F. Cecil were placed
in nomination. Messrs. Wilkinson and
Graves were chosen on 1st ballot by
the following vote: Wilkinson, u;
Graves, 81; Cecil, 81. The nomina.
tions Of Messrs. Wilkinson and Graves
were afterwards made unanimous.
Daniel c. Hsmmett was placed
before the convention for States At.
torney. There being no other names
for the position his nomination was
made unanimous.
For Judges of the Orphans Court,
Messrs. d. J. Payne, 7. G. Love, J. B.
Davis, Jno. l.. Milburn and S. Jones
were nominated. Messrs. Davis and
Jones withdrew their names and the
others were chosen by acclamation.
Messrs. ]. b. Tippett and ]. F. Ching
were nominated for Sheriff. Mr.. TIP
pett's name being withdrawn, Mr..
Ching was nominated by aeclamation.
For Commissioners Court-Some
delay was ocGasIORed here about the
name of Mr.. Jos Il. Davis that was
placed in nomins sti0n bat not heard
by the chair. THIS difficulty, howey-
er. was soon obvialed, when the con-
ventIon proceeded in the regular cut
cut aui dried fashion to ballot for the
following gentlemen ]. A. Tennison,
b. J. ShsTnAntine, ]. 7. King, W. B.